Current Affairs – September 11, 2020 [Today’s News Headlines]

September 11, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs News Headlines of September 11, 2020.

Five Rafale fighter jets formally inducted into the Golden Arrows squadron of IAF at the Ambala air base in Haryana in presence of French Defence Minister Florence Parly
India and Japan sign agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between Forces of both countries
Paresh Rawal appointed Chairperson of the National School of Drama (NSD)
Twitter India launches initiative to prevent suicide and self-harm on World Suicide Prevention Day: September 10

Govt forms committee chaired by former CAG Rajiv Mehrishi for assessment of relief to bank borrower
Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) launched to boost production and exports in the fisheries sector
PM launches mobile app e-Gopala for providing assistance to farmers on livestock related issues
Bihar: Under PMMSY (Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana) Fish Brood Bank to be set up at Sitamarhi and Aquatic Disease Referral Laboratory at Kishanganj
Indian economy will contract by 9 per cent in 2020-21: CRISIL
India Post launches Five Star Villages Scheme to ensure 100% rural coverage of postal schemes
MoS for Shipping (I/C) Mansukh Mandaviya launches ‘SAROD-Ports’ (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes – Ports)
Reliance Industries (RIL) becomes first Indian company to surpass the $200-billion market capitalisation mark
ICICI Bank introduces iStartup2.0 as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for early and growth stage needs of startups

ISS-bound Cygnus spacecraft of US company Northrop Grumman named after late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla
Foreign ministers of RIC – Russia (Sergey Lavrov), India (S. Jaishankar) and China (Wang Yi) – hold talks in Moscow
Japan’s Defence Minister Taro Kono calls for increased cooperation in the India-Pacific region to counter Chinese expansion
Iran holding naval exercise ‘Zolfaghar-99’ near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman
Citigroup announces Jane Fraser as its first woman chief executive
Game of Thrones, James Bond actor Diana Rigg dies aged 82 in London